often angry. always gen x.

palin tries to rewrite alaskan history

and Alaskan Representative Les Gara tries to set it right again. An excerpt from his full (though by no means exhaustive! there’s so much ground to cover) account of Palin’s record over at Mudflats:

Here’s what else I know about my state.We have the third worst children’s health insurance program in the nation.The Governor wouldn’t support cost-effective measures to extend insurance to the 10,000 children of Alaskan working parents who cannot afford coverage. She campaigned against a recent proposal to prevent large strip mines from spilling toxic chemicals into Alaska’s salmon waters – something that’s raised the ire of fishermen and Alaska Natives in remote Southwest Alaska communities.Thirty-five to forty percent of our kids don’t graduate from high school, and we can’t convince Governor Palin to join the 41 other states that have accepted the science showing statewide pre-k education helps kids succeed when they don’t have other good options at home.